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adam, i'm not sure what the situation is in san francisco, but they are a little more ahead of new york city? >> i'm not sure what the facts. i don't think we have a walmart in strand and i don't think its labor issue necessarily. this is similar to a last conversation. i agree this is not a national issue. people in new york -- walmart. >> they are trying to make a national issue. >> let adam finish. >> i don't think this is particularly fair to walmart what is happening in new york city. having said that the opposition to walmart is sincere. yes, it brings down prices. >> when you say it's unfair to walmart. what about being unfair to people who live in these neighborhoods. poorest congressional district in america. you know how many people would love to be able to love to buy a flat screen tv. are you kidding me? >> if you want a policy debate, you want to tell me how many businesses will go out of business. i'm not saying -- >> last word, gary. >> walmart is is a job creating machine. to stop them from creating more jobs in a city that needs it is insane. >> you can't prove that. >>
adam, i'm not sure what the situation is in san francisco, but they are a little more ahead of new york city? >> i'm not sure what the facts. i don't think we have a walmart in strand and i don't think its labor issue necessarily. this is similar to a last conversation. i agree this is not a national issue. people in new york -- walmart. >> they are trying to make a national issue. >> let adam finish. >> i don't think this is particularly fair to walmart what is...
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we go live to san francisco. hi, claudia. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. 4,000 people are attending the national postal forum here in san francisco. 400 are with the u.s. postal service, including the post master general, who will be making a presentation. did over the next four days, executives will be meeting with shippers and those in the direct mail industry. then, everyone gets to have a good time here in san francisco. there is going to be a golf outing, a dinner, a lavish dinner, featuring the foods of fisherman's wharf and chinatown and dancing. the travel, $220,000 in exhibit space and other incidentals will cost the u.s. postal service $2.2 million. the agency received no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. and the usps says it makes more money than it spens because of the networking that happens here. critics point out the post office is a monopoly that shouldn't need to spend millions of dollars to network. they say tha
we go live to san francisco. hi, claudia. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. 4,000 people are attending the national postal forum here in san francisco. 400 are with the u.s. postal service, including the post master general, who will be making a presentation. did over the next four days, executives will be meeting with shippers and those in the direct mail industry. then, everyone gets to have a good time here in san francisco. there is going to be a golf outing, a dinner, a lavish...
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claudia is streaming live from san francisco to explain this to us. claudia? >> reporter: 4,000 people are attending at moscone center. 400 are in the postal service and including the postmaster general and postal executives will be talking to shippers and direct mail industry and then everybody has a good time in san francisco. golf outing, fancy dinner featuring the foods of fisherman's wharf and documents show the travel, $220,000 in space and others will cost the postal service $2.2 million. the agency received no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage productsed to fund the operation. they say they make more of the money than they spend here because of the networking that happens. they say they shouldn't be spending millions of dollars to network. given the agency is $16 billion in debt, u.s.g.s. is out of touch. >> we're a nation in austerity. and the postal service is deep in the hole and to see they are having a lavish conference and dance party, it's beyond the pale. >> reporter: in a letter fired off to the postmaster, t
claudia is streaming live from san francisco to explain this to us. claudia? >> reporter: 4,000 people are attending at moscone center. 400 are in the postal service and including the postmaster general and postal executives will be talking to shippers and direct mail industry and then everybody has a good time in san francisco. golf outing, fancy dinner featuring the foods of fisherman's wharf and documents show the travel, $220,000 in space and others will cost the postal service $2.2...
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san francisco was the first back in 2007. what about the cost to these retailers and consumers have to buy the cloth bags? >> first of all, when somebody comes to a grocery store with something in the bag the grocery store has a right to look inside. they can post a sign, we reserve the right to look in every bag. there is an issue does it contributed to landfill. landfill is about 1% a year but as republicans say, that landfill adds up. i agree with tammy, we do need to have a public accounting of what happens to that money just like when there was prohibition, all that tax was supposed to go to prevention and it didn't. there needs to be a public accounting. when you take a look at it. there are also reasons in terms of kids swallowing and animals, this makes a lot of sense. >> heather: there is also multiple research papers that have said that the negative repercussions that you mentioned to public health, although supporters or discounted those findings. one study released late last summer cited emergency room treatment d
san francisco was the first back in 2007. what about the cost to these retailers and consumers have to buy the cloth bags? >> first of all, when somebody comes to a grocery store with something in the bag the grocery store has a right to look inside. they can post a sign, we reserve the right to look in every bag. there is an issue does it contributed to landfill. landfill is about 1% a year but as republicans say, that landfill adds up. i agree with tammy, we do need to have a public...